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Carney, allies sanctioning 2 Israeli ministers over Gaza comments

Carney attends first stoning in Canada.

Britain and other allies imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, on Tuesday over “their repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities,” the U.K.’s foreign ministry said.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir — a West Bank settler — and Finance Minister Smotrich.

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